15
Jan
2008
The Musical
I saw a musical. I didn’t know it was a musical until I got in the car and she told me it was a musical. I’ve never seen a musical before. Movies with songs and such, but never a musical.
The majority is dialogue is done in song. I really don’t know why this is so appealing. Not to me I mean. The people who regularly watch musicals. You can display much more precise emotion in dialogue than in song. It may be less exaggerated but in a musical it seems that everything is over exaggerated.
And the protagonist and antagonist seem to sing together. Merrily. Perhaps a bit of dramatic irony. Perhaps a bit of “Hey, let’s make them sing together because that’s what a musical is about.” You should never ever change your content to fit the medium. Change the medium to fit your content.
Less singing.
My message? Tell people that they are going to a musical before they get in the car so they can make a shitty excuse to get out of it.